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Hi Im a permanent resident currently living in US and planning to get married next month in the Philippines. How long will it take to get my husband after we get married? And anything I ned to know before it? thanks 

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Just now, milimelo said:

1,5-2 years. 

 

~Moving to bringing family members of LPR. ~

Do they wait until the petitioner is already Citizen? Or that is the normal process time regardless of long someone is gonna be a citizen?

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You need to become a citizen first before you can petition a family member :)

For my I-129F, K-1, AOS, EAD, AP and ROC detailed timelines, please refer to my timeline page :)

ROC filed on December 1, 2020, assigned to SRC, approved within 106 days on February 18, 2021.

My sincerest gratitude to all VJers, especially the late geowrian.

 

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6 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

You need to become a citizen first before you can petition a family member :)

Is this for everyone? Because I know someone who petitions her husband and she's not yet citizen when her husband arrived? Or is there excemption?

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4 minutes ago, Chiki said:

Is this for everyone? Because I know someone who petitions her husband and she's not yet citizen when her husband arrived? Or is there excemption?

Of all the times I have read various posts on VJ, it has always been said that one must be a US citizen. I wouldn't know if there are any exemptions. So sorry about that. However, according this USCIS page https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-green-card-holders-permanent-residents a LPR can petition?! :unsure:

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For my I-129F, K-1, AOS, EAD, AP and ROC detailed timelines, please refer to my timeline page :)

ROC filed on December 1, 2020, assigned to SRC, approved within 106 days on February 18, 2021.

My sincerest gratitude to all VJers, especially the late geowrian.

 

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23 minutes ago, Chiki said:

Do they wait until the petitioner is already Citizen? Or that is the normal process time regardless of long someone is gonna be a citizen?

 

5 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

Of all the times I have read various posts on VJ, it has always been said that one must be a US citizen. I wouldn't know if there are any exemptions. So sorry about that. However, according this USCIS page https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-green-card-holders-permanent-residents a LPR can petition?! :unsure:

Lpr can petition spouses, but they will have to wait for visa availability, hence the around 2 year wait already quoted by another member

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1 minute ago, p-ana said:

 

Lpr can petition spouses, but they will have to wait for visa availability, hence the around 2 year wait already quoted by another member

@p-ana Thanks for clarifying for OP and me :) 

For my I-129F, K-1, AOS, EAD, AP and ROC detailed timelines, please refer to my timeline page :)

ROC filed on December 1, 2020, assigned to SRC, approved within 106 days on February 18, 2021.

My sincerest gratitude to all VJers, especially the late geowrian.

 

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13 minutes ago, p-ana said:

 

Lpr can petition spouses, but they will have to wait for visa availability, hence the around 2 year wait already quoted by another member

Is  there any way it can be faster? Will it be faster if I get a lawyer?

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1 minute ago, Chiki said:

Is  there any way it can be faster? Will it be faster if I get a lawyer?

A lawyer won't be able to expedite that if the quota has been fulfilled :) 

For my I-129F, K-1, AOS, EAD, AP and ROC detailed timelines, please refer to my timeline page :)

ROC filed on December 1, 2020, assigned to SRC, approved within 106 days on February 18, 2021.

My sincerest gratitude to all VJers, especially the late geowrian.

 

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17 minutes ago, Chiki said:

Is  there any way it can be faster? Will it be faster if I get a lawyer?

Nope. It takes the time that it takes. There are expedites, but they're for very limited cases (usually those that risk the life or general well-being of the beneficiary). A lawyer won't speed anything up other than to maybe double-check your forms to try to limit RFEs.

 

39 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

Of all the times I have read various posts on VJ, it has always been said that one must be a US citizen. I wouldn't know if there are any exemptions. So sorry about that. However, according this USCIS page https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-green-card-holders-permanent-residents a LPR can petition?! :unsure:

LPRs can petition for family members fine. However, they do not qualify for IR visas and instead go into a preference category. Those visas are limited each year, so after filing the I-130, the petitioner must wait until a visa becomes available. When that happens depends on the number of visas available in their preference category and how many people are already in line. This is done via a Priority Date (PD) obtained upon filing, and then each month a visa bulletin is released that shows which dates have a visa available (i.e. the PD becomes "current"). Once the visa is available, it goes through the rest of processing just like the IR-based visas.

 

A spouse of an LPR is F2A (2nd preference, first subcategory): https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/family-preference.html. This currently is estimated ot take about 18 months from PD issued to visa being available (http://www.myprioritydate.com/). It's only an estimate, though.

 

Edit: Note that there is no fiance visa available for LPRs either.

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Just now, geowrian said:

Nope. It takes the time that it takes. There are expedites, but they're for very limited cases (usually those that risk the life or general well-being of the beneficiary). A lawyer won't speed anything up other than to maybe double-check your forms to try to limit RFEs.

 

LPRs can petition for family members fine. However, they do not qualify for IR visas and instead go into a preference category. Those visas are limited each year, so after filing the I-130, the petitioner must wait until a visa becomes available. When that happens depends on the number of visas available in their preference category and how many people are already in line. This is done via a Priority Date (PD) obtained upon filing, and then each month a visa bulletin is released that shows which dates have a visa available (i.e. the PD becomes "current"). Once the visa is available, it goes through the rest of processing just like the IR-based visas.

 

A spouse of an LPR is F2A (2nd preference, first subcategory): https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/family-preference.html. This currently is estimated ot take about 18 months from PD issued to visa being available (http://www.myprioritydate.com/). It's only an estimate, though.

OT but now I understand the concept of priority date. I was confused before. :ot2:

For my I-129F, K-1, AOS, EAD, AP and ROC detailed timelines, please refer to my timeline page :)

ROC filed on December 1, 2020, assigned to SRC, approved within 106 days on February 18, 2021.

My sincerest gratitude to all VJers, especially the late geowrian.

 

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11 hours ago, Chiki said:

Do they wait until the petitioner is already Citizen? Or that is the normal process time regardless of long someone is gonna be a citizen?

 

You can petition as LPR but just a little longer than USC. 

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1 hour ago, POA said:

 

You can petition as LPR but just a little longer than USC. 

Approx a year longer

CR1 petition=10-12 mos F2a petition=20-24 mos

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

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On 23/3/2017 at 11:58 PM, KULtoATL said:

Of all the times I have read various posts on VJ, it has always been said that one must be a US citizen. I wouldn't know if there are any exemptions. So sorry about that. However, according this USCIS page https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-green-card-holders-permanent-residents a LPR can petition?! :unsure:

That's not true. Legal Permanent Residents can make petitions for their spouses. I am one of those, so yo don't have to wait to become a citizen to start the petition 

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